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      27 April

      News|Infrastructure

      World’s highest railway bridge to open in Kashmir soon The bridge over the Chenab River, taller than the Eiffel Tower, will provide all-weather connectivity with the valley. A file photo of the world’s highest railway bridge under construction on Chenab River in Indian-administered Kashmir [File: Jaipal Singh] In the middle of the mighty Himalayas in Indian-administered Kashmir lies the world’s highest railway bridge. The bridge over the Chenab River – 1,315-metre-long (4,314 feet) and 359-metre-high (1,177 feet) from the bed of the river – will link the remote region with India’s vast railway network by providing all-weather connectivity. At the peak of the winter, a large part of the disputed region is cut off from the rest of India. The…

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    • 27 April

      US House of Representatives passes debt bill, faces Biden veto

      The Biden administration has called on House Speaker McCarthy to instead raise the debt ceiling ‘without conditions’. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has issued a statement on Wednesday pushing the Senate and President Joe Biden to pass a controversial bill to raise the debt ceiling [Tom Brenner] The Republican-led House of Representatives has passed a bill that would boost the United States’s $31.4 trillion federal debt ceiling in exchange for slashing government spending, including programmes championed by Democratic President Joe Biden. Passed by a party-line vote of 217 to 215, with four Republicans breaking ranks, the bill now heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate, where it stands little chance of passing. Biden has already threatened to veto the bill, which includes spending…

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    • 27 April

      US sanctions Sri Lankan governor over civil war killings

      US to deny visas on human rights grounds to the North Western Province governor and ex-navy chief Wasantha Karannagoda and his wife. Karannagoda is accused of abducting teenage children of wealthy families and killing them after extorting money. The United States says it will refuse visas on human rights grounds to a Sri Lankan provincial governor who has been charged with killings during the island nation’s long civil war. A Sri Lankan investigation accused Wasantha Karannagoda, a former navy chief, among others, of abducting teenage children of wealthy families and killing them after extorting money. Authorities in 2021 dropped the charges, prompting an outcry from human rights groups, and he was soon named governor of North Western Province by then President…

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    • 27 April

      Sudan army chief backs ceasefire extension as skirmishes continue

      Hundreds have been killed with Khartoum residents struggling to find food, water and other basic supplies. Thousands of Sudanese have fled the violence in their country [Mahamet Ramdane] Sudan’s army has expressed willingness to extend a shaky ceasefire for a further 72 hours amid continuing battles with the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the outskirts of the capital Khartoum. The army said late on Wednesday that its leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, had given initial approval to a plan to extend the truce – due to expire late on Thursday – for another 72 hours and send an army envoy to Juba, the South Sudan capital, for talks. There was no immediate response from the RSF to the…

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    • 27 April

      Uighur refugee dies after nine years in detention in Thailand

      Mattohti Mattursun was one of 350 Uighur refugees, including children, who were detained in March 2014. The Uighurs were detained nine years ago near the border with Malaysia [File: Athit Perawongmetha] An ethnic Uighur man who was detained by Thailand in 2014 after fleeing China has died in immigration detention, the second Uighur refugee to die in Thai custody this year. Mattohti Mattursun died of suspected liver failure in the Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok on April 21, according to an April 24 statement from the World Uyghur Congress and the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP). He was 40 years old. Mattohti, who was also known as Muhammad Tursun, was one of 350 Uighurs, including children, who were…

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    • 27 April

      Ukraine gains an edge in Kherson as counteroffensive nears

      Reports suggest Ukrainian forces may have started securing a foothold among weak Russian defences in southern Ukraine. View of damage following a deadly Russian artillery attack on a market, according to officials in Kherson, Ukraine [Kherson Regional State Administration/Handout] Ukrainian forces have advanced on a poorly-defended part of the riverine coast of Kherson, the southern region bisected by the Dnipro River, according to several reports during the 61st week of the war. Ukraine took back a large swathe of the region, including the capital city also called Kherson, from invading Russian forces last year but the Russians entrenched themselves on the river’s left bank. Geolocated footage published by a Russian military reporter on April 22 showed that Ukrainian forces had…

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    • 27 April

      US working on jet engine deal with India before PM Modi’s visit: US Congressman

      US Congressman RO Khanna Washington [US]: Speaking to ANI on the sidelines of his address at India-US Business Summit, Congressman RO Khanna said the US wants to make sure the GE Engines deal with India is done so that they don’t lose out to Europe. Congressman Khanna said India has realised that the Soviet military equipment doesn’t work as well and the Soviet Union is moving towards China, and India has really been open to building a strong relationship with America. Saying India wants jet engines, he added, “And the first thing is to make sure that deal gets done, hopefully before the Prime Minister’s (Narendra Modi) visit. And we are working on that.” “We also are working to ensure…

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    • 27 April

      Thousands of Afghan refugees to be evicted from the UK Home Office hotels with no offer of housing

      Thousands of Afghan refugees brought to the UK during the Kabul evacuation will be evicted from their Home Office hotels with no offer of housing, the government has revealed. A Home Office letter, seen by The Independent, has been sent to Afghans living in government hotels telling them that they need to start searching for private rented accommodation as existing support will end from 2 May. Around 8,000 Afghans are living in hotels in the UK after fleeing the Taliban in August 2021. The government announced plans to evict them in March, saying the refugees would be given a few months’ notice. But initial reports said all refugees would be offered a property to live in. Now, the Home Office has said that only “some Afghan families…

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    • 27 April

      Russian tennis star barred from plane and left at airport ‘with no food for 18 hours’

      Tennis star Vitalia Diatchenko revealed she had been stuck in a Cairo airport for 18 hours after allegedly being barred from a flight due to her Russian passport. The 32-year-old, who was born in Sochi, has been forced to pull out of the Corsica Tennis Championships after missing her flight. Diatchenko claimed she had all the required support letters needed to make the journey. However, she was apparently informed that she would not be able to complete the trip by the Polish airline Lot. The World No 250 wrote a lengthy post on her Instagram story slamming the predicament. She claims she was not allowed to leave the airport, was left to sleep on a bench and did not eat,…

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    • 27 April

      China to send envoy to Ukraine to broker peace

      China said it would send an envoy to Ukraine to broker a “political settlement” to the war after Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelenksy spoke for the first time since the Russian invasion. The Chinese and Ukrainian presidents spoke for nearly an hour in their first contact since Russia invaded two years ago. Mr Zelensky said:  I had a long and meaningful phone call with 🇨🇳 President Xi Jinping. I believe that this call, as well as the appointment of Ukraine's ambassador to China, will give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations.— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 26, 2023 Ukraine has been seeking a formal call with Mr Xi since he visited Moscow last month in what some Western officials criticised as…

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